It has not been a good week for PC fans of the Grand Theft Auto series. The latest title in the open world crime action series, Grand Theft Auto IV, has been plagued with bugs since its release. It's gotten so bad that folks who purhased and downloaded the game via Valve's Steam service can now ask for a refund, something that Valve rarely offers (head to Voodoo Extreme for details on how to get a refund).

Meanwhile, Nvidia has released a new beta graphics driver for its GeForce products for not just GTA IV but also for SLI improvements in Left 4 Dead and issues with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. The 180.84 beta drivers are in Windows XP and Vista versions (both 32 and 64-bits). Thanks FiringSquad. An ATI driver update is expected next week.

Finally the normally media shy Rockstar Games folks agreed to a Q&A session with IGN specifically to talk about the GTA IV PC issues. The Rockstar reps are clearly on the defensive throughout the interview saying things like, "The only thing we really have to go on in that regard is support calls we've been getting which have been quite low or as expected, which I think is roughly around one percent...It seems like maybe these forum posters are the more outspoken percentage of the players."

However they do admit that a patch for the game is coming, adding, "A lot of these issues obviously we haven't seen in our testing and we're working to reproduce them and find workarounds for those issues." There's no word on when the patch will be released.